List of leaders of Middle Eastern and North African states

This is a list of leaders of Middle Eastern and North African states. It consists of the heads of state and government within the Arab League, and of other MENA countries outside it.

Leaders of Arab League member states

State Region Image Leader Title In Office
 Algeria North Africa Abdelaziz Bouteflika President of Algeria 27 April 1999
Ahmed Ouyahia Prime Minister of Algeria 16 August 2017
 Bahrain Arabian Peninsula Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain 6 March 1999
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Prime Minister of Bahrain 10 January 1970
 Comoros Indian Ocean[1] Azali Assoumani President of the Comoros 26 May 2016
 Djibouti Horn of Africa Ismaïl Omar Guelleh President of Djibouti 8 May 1999
 Egypt Near East[2] Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President of Egypt 8 June 2014
Mostafa Madbouly Prime Minister of Egypt 14 June 2018
 Iraq Near East Barham Salih President of Iraq 2 October 2018
Haider al-Abadi Prime Minister of Iraq 8 September 2014
 Jordan Levant Abdullah II of Jordan King of Jordan 7 February 1999
Omar Razzaz Prime Minister of Jordan 14 June 2018
 Kuwait Arabian Peninsula Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Emir of Kuwait 29 January 2006
Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah Prime Minister of Kuwait 4 December 2011
 Lebanon Levant Michel Aoun President of Lebanon 31 October 2016
Saad Hariri Prime Minister of Lebanon 18 December 2016
 Libya North Africa Fayez al-Sarraj (Internationally recognized) Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya 30 March 2016
 Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz President of Mauritania 5 August 2009
Yahya Ould Hademine Prime Minister of Mauritania 20 August 2014
 Morocco Mohammed VI of Morocco King of Morocco 23 July 1999
Saadeddine Othmani Prime Minister of Morocco 5 April 2017
 Oman Arabian Peninsula Qaboos bin Said al Said Sultan of Oman 23 July 1970
 Palestine Levant Mahmoud Abbas President of the State of Palestine 8 May 2005
Rami Hamdallah Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 2 June 2014
 Qatar Arabian Peninsula Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Emir of Qatar 25 June 2013
Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani Prime Minister of Qatar 26 June 2013
 Saudi Arabia Salman of Saudi Arabia King of Saudi Arabia 23 January 2015
 Somalia Horn of Africa Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed President of Somalia 16 February 2017
Hassan Ali Khayre Prime Minister of Somalia 1 March 2017
 Sudan North Africa Omar al-Bashir President of Sudan 30 June 1989
 Syria Levant Bashar al-Assad President of Syria 17 July 2000
Imad Khamis Prime Minister of Syria 3 July 2016
 Tunisia North Africa Beji Caid Essebsi President of Tunisia 31 December 2014
Youssef Chahed Prime Minister of Tunisia 27 August 2016
 United Arab Emirates Arabian Peninsula Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates 3 November 2004
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates 11 February 2006
 Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi* President of Yemen 27 February 2012
Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr* Prime Minister of Yemen 4 April 2016

Note: (*) means leadership is disputed.

Leaders of Arab League non-member states

State Region Image Leader Title In Office
 Abkhazia Asia Minor and the Caucasus Raul Khajimba President of Abkhazia 25 September 2014
Valeri Bganba Prime Minister of Abkhazia 18 September 2018
 Afghanistan Near East Ashraf Ghani President of Afghanistan 29 September 2014
Abdullah Abdullah Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan 29 September 2014
 Armenia Asia Minor and the Caucasus Armen Sarkissian President of Armenia 9 April 2018
Nikol Pashinyan Prime Minister of Armenia 8 May 2018
 Artsakh Bako Sahakyan President of Artsakh 7 September 2007
 Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan 31 October 2003
Novruz Mammadov Prime Minister of Azerbaijan 21 April 2018
 Eritrea Horn of Africa Isaias Afwerki President of Eritrea 24 May 1993
 Ethiopia Mulatu Teshome President of Ethiopia 7 October 2013
Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of Ethiopia 2 April 2018
 Georgia Asia Minor and the Caucasus Giorgi Margvelashvili President of Georgia 17 November 2013
Mamuka Bakhtadze Prime Minister of Georgia 20 June 2018
 Iran Near East Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran 4 June 1989
Hassan Rouhani President of Iran 3 August 2013
 Israel Levant Reuven Rivlin President of Israel 24 July 2014
Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel 31 March 2009
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic North Africa Brahim Ghali President of the Sahrawi Republic 12 July 2016
Mohamed Wali Akeik Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic 4 February 2018
 South Ossetia Asia Minor and the Caucasus Anatoliy Bibilov President of South Ossetia 21 April 2017
Erik Pukhayev Prime Minister of South Ossetia 16 May 2017
 Somaliland Horn of Africa Muse Bihi Abdi President of Somaliland 13 December 2017
 Turkey Asia Minor and the Caucasus[3] Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of Turkey 28 August 2014

References

  1. ↑ Comoros is entirely outside of the MENA, but is a Member of the Arab League.
  2. ↑ Bulk of Territory; All of North Sinai and South Sinai, as well as parts of Port Said, Ismailia and Suez, are in the Levant region.
  3. ↑ Bulk of Territory; Hatay is in the Levant region; All of Edirne, Tekirdağ and Kırklareli, as well as parts of Çanakkale and Istanbul, are in the Balkans region, and therefore, outside of the MENA.
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